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US Commercial Prisons
by zero_intp 13y ago
US Commercial Prisons
- angusangus 13y agoIndeed. See eg. http://www.forbes.com/2008/08/18/prison-small-business-ent-manage-cx_mf_0818prisonlabor.html http://www.forbes.com/2008/08/18/prison-small-business-ent-m... and http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/10/prison-labor_n_2272036.html http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/12/10/prison-labor_n_2272... Money quote: "Oddo also said that workers were provided enough water, but the prisoners didn't sip it slowly enough." Also for a sense of scope http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2008/07/what-do-prisoners-make-victorias-secret http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2008/07/what-do-prisoner... including this irrelevant but salacious detail: 'In 1997, a California prison put two men in solitary for telling journalists they were ordered to replace "Made in Honduras" labels on garments with "Made in the USA."'